Blogger Bert Webb's got a clever way to remind yourself of something you thought of just as you were falling asleep the night before.

Instead of interrupting your drowsy descent into counting sheep by turning on the light, getting up and grabbing pen and paper and writing yourself a note:

Reach over and turn your alarm clock upside down, lay the night stand lamp on its side, place a shoe in a drawer, or drape your house coat over the lamp. In the morning, when you rise, the first thought you will have after rising will be, "Why the hell did I do that??" At that time, natural memory will take over and remind you.

If I'm going to get up and put a shoe in the drawer, I might as well write a note, but I like the idea of turning the alarm clock on its side. Of course, one could keep a notepad and pen on the nightstand to help capture thoughts and take down notes on dreams, too. (Yes. We are nerds here.)